392145 Design and Implementation of a Common Scheduler Framework for the NetBSD Operating System (Pj) (WiSe 2006/2007)

Das Projekt wird in Kooperation mit den NetBSD-Entwicklern durchgeführt.
Daher wird Englisch zur Kommunikation und Dokumentation im Projekt verwendet.

NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source
operating system. Its clean design and advanced features make it
excellent in both production and research environments.

This project aims to design and implement a common scheduler framework
for the NetBSD operating system. Although the current scheduler scales
quite well, its implementation is not extensible enough to deal with
contemporary developments in the field.

In order to achieve the above stated goal, several tasks have to be
accomplished:

• A draft for the framework has to be formulated and adjusted to meet

the goals and needs of the NetBSD project, its developers and
users.

• Based on this draft, a general scheduling interface has to be

designed and implemented.

• The current scheduler has to be rewritten to satisfy this

interface.

• If time and progress permits, at least one different scheduler

scheme should be implemented.

Mehr Info

http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/dsieger/nbsd_csf_draft.pdf

Requirements for participation, required level

Candidates for the project should meet the following requirements:

• In-depth familiarity with current operating system concepts,

scheduling in particular.

• Thorough knowledge of the Unix programming environment, the C

programming language and essential debugging tools like gdb.

• At least basic knowledge of assembler programming and willingness to

make oneself more familiar with it, when neccesary.

• Reasonable English language skills.

External comments page

http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/dsieger/nbsd_csf_draft.pdf